04.06 Russian Teenager Jailed for Killing Potato Thief

VORONEZH, June 4 (RIA Novosti) � A teenager in the central Russian city of Voronezh has been sentenced to six years in prison for stabbing to death a man who stole a pan of potatoes from him, the regional prosecutor�s office said Tuesday.

In April 2012, the 16-year-old�s father told him that the potatoes were stolen from their home and that a fellow villager was probably the one who did it.

Later that day the teenager, drunk off hard liquor, went to the neighbor�s house, beat him and cut him with a knife, the court heard. The man subsequently died of his wounds.

After killing the man, the teenager failed to find the stolen pan of potatoes, prosecutors said. The man�s daughter later found the pan in a sink.